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The Slave States. / Frederick Law Olmsted. Edited, with an Introduction by Harvey Wish Professor of History, Western Reserve University.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.
- Series:
- Putnam Capricorn book ; Cap 7.
- A Putnam Capricorn book, Cap ; 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--United States.
- Slavery.
- United States.
- Cotton growing--Southern States.
- Cotton growing.
- Southern States.
- Southern States--History--1775-1865.
- History.
- Southern States--Description and travel.
- Southern States--Economic conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 284 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
- Edition:
- Revised and enlarged edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, Capricorn Books 1959.
- Contents:
- Journey to the Seaboard Slave States. Chapter I-Virginia; Chapter II-North Carolina; Chapter III-South Carolina and Georgia; Chapter IV-Louisiana
- Journey through Texas. Chapter I-Route through Western Texas; Chapter II-Along the Eastern Coast
- A Journey in the Back Country. Preface; Chapter I-The Valley of the Lower Mississippi; Chapter II-A Tennessee Squire
- The Cotton Kingdom. Chapter I-Cotton and Slavery; Chapter II-Slavery in Its property aspect.
- Notes:
- Condensation of the author's Journey to the Seaboard Slave States, Journey through Texas, A Journey to the Back Country and The Cotton Kingdom with reproductions of original title pages.
- Publisher's advertisements: [4] pages at end.
- "Cover design by Robert Sullivan."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy is "Eighth Impression".
- OCLC:
- 276650
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